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. 2010 Jun 29;11:136. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-136

Table 1.

Dietary fatty acid composition

Fatty acid Control Fish Oil Krill Oil
g/100 g diet
18:3 (n-3) 0.26 0.26 0.29

18:4 (n-3) - 0.05 0.08

20:5 (n-3 - 0.29 0.30

22:6 (n-3) - 0.18 0.14

Σ n-3 0.26 0.78 0.81

18:2 (n-6) 2.07 2.23 2.22

20:4 (n-6) - 0.01 0.01

Σ n-6 2.07 2.24 2.23

(n-6)/(n-3) 7.85 2.86 2.76

18:1 (n-9) 2.34 2.72 2.25

Σ unsaturated 4.68 5.74 5.29

12:0 1.09 0.04 0.02

14:0 0.39 0.20 0.38

16:0 0.58 0.78 1.09

18:0 0.22 0.21 0.19

20:0 0.03 0.04 0.03

Σ saturated 2.32 1.26 1.71

Unsaturated/saturated 2.02 4.54 3.10